208 
. 504. GII (8. Wats.) Hack. in ^ Far 5 
Phan. 6: 261. 1889. hloé kingii S. Wats. in King’s Explor 4 pen 
382, t. 40. 1871.) 'S DESERT-GRASS.—A low, densely tufted Pica, 
.2-0.6 (4277 t numerous short, spreading 
1-2 cm. (5-10) long, and densely flowered, subeapitate panicles Lenis acute 
in the upper 1 ths. ikelets about 3-flowe th 4 mm. (”) 
empty glumes (a) 6-7 (3/-3y/) long; flowering glume (b) about the keel 
long, deeply 2-cleft, densely hairy or villous at the base and 5 one 
and marginal t es extending into short awns, the 
foothills 9» 
longest, shown in (e), and like the marginal ones ciliate.—Dr¥ i 
the deserts of Nevada and Arizona. Aprilto July. | 
